Groups & Workshops
Our vision is to offer regular, recurring workshops and groups led by community clinicians and leading experts across a range of practice areas - both to share knowledge and to make high-quality care more accessible. If you share this passion and have interest in offering a workshop, please email us at hello@suiteeleven.ca
Upcoming Events
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CBT-I for Chronic Pain
Exploring the Pain-Sleep Connection
September 22, 2026
6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
$50 + GST
Poor sleep doesn't just happen because of chronic pain - it can actually make pain worse.
Join this interactive clinician workshop to explore the science behind the pain–sleep cycle and learn how Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), the gold-standard treatment for chronic insomnia, can help break it. We'll cover practical, evidence-based strategies you can confidently integrate into chronic pain care.
Led by Alyssa Bietz & Katie Young
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Interoception in Chronic Pain Care
For Healthcare Professionals
September 15, 2026
6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
$50 + GST
Interoception - our awareness of the body's internal signals - is increasingly recognized as an important contributor to chronic pain and recovery.
This experiential workshop combines contemporary pain neuroscience, brief teaching, reflection, and creative body mapping to explore how body awareness shapes the pain experience.
Participants will gain firsthand experience with body mapping and leave with practical ideas for integrating interoception-informed approaches into pain care.
Led by Michaela Kaplan & Katie Young
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Learning to Trust Your Body Again
Client Workshop
September 10, 2026
3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
$30 + GST
Did you know that the way we notice and interpret what's happening inside our bodies can influence how we experience pain?
In this interactive workshop, you'll learn about interoception - your body's "inner sense" - and how it relates to chronic pain.
Through simple education, guided reflection, and a creative body mapping activity, you'll explore your own experience in a supportive, judgment-free environment.
You'll leave with a better understanding of how your brain and body work together in pain, greater awareness of your body's signals, and practical strategies you can use to support your recovery.
Led by Michaela Kaplan & Katie Young
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Pain Medications: Helping or Hurting?
A Practical Workshop for Healthcare Providers
September 17, 2026
6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
$50 + GST
Join us for an evidence-informed session exploring the benefits and risks of commonly used medications in chronic pain, including gabapentin, duloxetine, amitriptyline, opioids, and more.
Learn how to identify when medications are supporting recovery - and when they may be contributing to a prescribing cascade.
The session will also include practical strategies for medication optimization, deprescribing conversations, and a hands-on Naloxone (Narcan) demonstration to support overdose prevention and patient education.
Ideal for: prescribers, allied health and anyone wanting to learn more about medications in pain management!
With Sydney McEachern, PharmD, ACPR, EPPh
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Better Breathing for Chronic Pain: For Clinicians
For Healthcare Providers
September 29
6:00 to 8:30 PM
$90 + GST
Space is limited to 12 participants.
Early Bird Bonus: Register by Sept 15 and receive 50% off a private breathing behaviour analysis (Value $90)
Are your clients' breathing habits keeping them stuck in chronic pain cycles?
Breathing is more than a relaxation tool - it influences pain, nervous system regulation, movement, and recovery.
Discover how breathing patterns influence chronic pain, nervous system regulation, and recovery. This evidence-informed workshop combines current research with practical tools to help you recognize dysfunctional breathing patterns, understand their role in persistent pain, and apply effective, client-centred strategies for change.
Through a blend of research, case studies, and experiential practice, you'll gain skills you can immediately integrate into clinical care.
Led by Joy Onyschak
Massage Therapy
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Massage Therapy *
September 21 Slots Available 1:30 to 6:30 p.m.
With Felicia Garcia RMT at Suite Eleven
Past Events
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Better Breathing
For Anxiety Relief
April 14, 2026
6:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Cost: $62
Breathing practices are often recommended for managing anxiety and panic. Learn what’s right for you!
In this experiential workshop, we will redefine ‘good breathing’, start to identify your unique triggers, and explore recovery practices.
Led by Joy Onyschak, Somatic Practitioner & Certified Breathing Behaviour Analyst
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When YOU Can't Fix the Pain
A Patient Perspective On What Helps When Pain Persists
April 16, 2026
6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Cost: $40
Practical insights that clinicians can apply immediately when working with people living with complex, ongoing pain.
This patient-informed session is grounded in lived experience and will focus on belief, recognizing progress, and real clinical conversations.
Led by Julie Côté, M.Ed.
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Birth Essentials
A practical crash course for expectant parents
2-part workshop: April 4 & 11, 2026
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $195
Prenatal education covering labour, birth, and early postpartum care.
Led by Denae Côté, Registered Nurse, specializing in perinatal health
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Better Breathing
For Improved Client Outcomes
April 28, 2026
6:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Cost: $94
What if your client’s breathing habits are keeping them stuck?
This experiential workshop for clinicians will introduce you to the psychophysiological nature of breathing.
Learn to recognize common signs and symptoms of hypocapnia, dispel common misunderstandings, and redefine ‘good breathing’.
Led by Joy Onyschak, Somatic Practitioner & Certified Breathing Behaviour Analyst
